In 2014 Pope Francis established the Secretariat for the Economy, which has authority over all economic activities of the Holy See and Vatican City. He also created several new dicasteries (or departments) of the Roman Curia, including the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life, for the pastoral care of the lay faithful and of the family, and the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, for marginalized peoples including migrants and victims of armed conflict, in 2016.
In 2022 Francis issued a new apostolic constitution, Praedicate evangelium (“Preach the Gospel”), which overhauled the Curia. The constitution allows any member of the faithful to preside over a dicastery (whereas previously only cardinals and bishops were appointed) and set term limits of five years for such appointments, which are renewable only once. Francis also appointed several women to serve as heads of dicasteries.